Naaldwijk

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • Naluk (dialect form), Nalek (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as nadelwich in 1156. Compound of Old Dutch nāthala (“needle, coniferous tree”) and wic (“farmstead, village, settlement”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Naald‧wijk

Proper noun

Naaldwijk n

  1. A village and former municipality of Westland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms
  • Naaldwijker
  • Naaldwijks

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “naaldwijk”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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